OpenRules allows business users (subject matter experts with no programming experience) to create, test, and maintain operational decision models. Usually, a decision model consists of a business glossary that describes certain business goals/subgoals surrounded by decision tables that specify the business logic of these goals/subgoals.
Learn by Examples. The best way to learn how to create decision models is to analyze existing examples. After successful installation, you may start working with various examples available from sub-folders of the folder “openrules.samples”:
- The sub-folder “INTRO” includes simple decision models for first-time users.
- The sub-folder “VACATION-DAYS” demonstrates how to use different deployment options.
- The sub-folder “AI” includes AI Agents described at https://openrulesdecisionmanager.com/ai-agents-overview/.
- The sub-folder “DB” includes samples of the OpenRules integration with relational databases – see Rule DB.
You will be able to execute the standard decision projects, create your own decision models, deploy them on cloud or on-premise, and execute them using your preferred communication interface such as JSON, XML, or Java.
For instance, go to the folder “VACATION-DAYS/VacationDays/” and click on “test.bat”. It will build and execute the proper decision model. Click on “explore.bat” to start OpenRules Graphical Decision Modeling IDE and you will be able to analyze and debug this decision model. Similarly, you may run other examples or create your own decision models.
You may start with the following simple decision models:
- INTRO/Hello
- VACATION-DAYS/Vacation Days
- INTRO/Up-Sell Rules
- INTRO/Patient Therapy
- INTRO/Iterations
Learn how to quickly Build, Test, and Debug these decision models.
You may analyze how complex Enterprise-Level Decision Models can be organized by looking at LOAN/LoanServices.
You can use these and many other provided decision models to create your own models by adding your own decision variables and business rules. OpenRules also provides a User Manual for Business that requires no prior knowledge.
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